ECONOMICS: The Sun Never Sets On Cacoola

In Brazil, some misguided people vow that it increases sexual prowess,
others are under the delusion that it makes a man impotent. In Haiti,
they say it is the only thing that will cause Damballah and his wife
Ayida Oueddo, a pair of the chief deities of the voodoo pantheon, to
put in an appearance at a voodoo session. Chinese bankers have taken to
serving it instead of tea, and Italian aristocrats offer it to their
guests instead of champagne. Graceful gondolas carry it along the
narrow canals of Venice, and...